More music companies than ever are pitching tools for creators and rights to track the usage of copyrighted works and enable rights holders to claim royalties they’re owed and collect them. Many of them are impressive – and the music business can’t work properly without them. Sometimes, though, the music business also needs what you might call hammers – tools that can make services that use music pay creators and other rights holders.
Source: For the Record: The Music Business Doesn’t Need Calculators — It Needs Hammers